A marriage between a 90-year-old man and his 15-year-old bride has reportedly been dissolved.

The match, which saw the man offer her parents a 45,000 riyal (£10,500) dowry, culminated in a ceremony in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia after which the distressed teenager barricaded herself in her room and refused to come out.

Suhaila Zein al-Abedin, a member of the Saudi National Association for Human Rights (NSHR), had urged authorities to intervene "as soon as possible to save this child from tragedy."